Collar.



S. HARRIS (NOW BY MARRIAGE S. ROSENTOVER). COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED Jums, 1909.

1,039,528. Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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Specification oi Letters rstent. Patented Sept. 24:, 1912; Application nee January a, 1909.

Serial no. traces.

To all whom any concern:

Be it known that l, SARAH Halters, (now bymarriage Sanan Bosnnrovnn) a citizen of the. United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of li'lanhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Collar, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact ClSSCI'lP tion.

This invention relates to collars, and more particularly to a stiff collar fashioned from linen, celluloid, rubber, paper or other material and having a button-hole adapted to receive a collar-button. to hold the collar in place when it is being worn, the collar fur ther having the button-hole connected by means of a slit or line of seaerance, with an edge of the collar, so that the collar-button can be inserted in the button-hole by forcing the shank of the button inwardly from the edge of the collar, along the slit to the button-hole, by forcing aside the flap formed by the button-hole and the slit or in any other convenient manner. 7/

he object of the invention to provide a collar having button-holes into which the collar-button can be easily inserted and from which it can be as easily removed, which obviates the usual diliiculty and annoyance besides injury and wear to the collar itself occasioned by the operation of putting on and taking off the ordinary collar.

i The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar having an einoodii'nent of my invention applied thereto and showing the collar buttoned by means of a collar-button of the usual type; Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the tabs or ends of the collar having the button-holes; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a tab of a collar having applied thereto an embodiment of my invention, of modified form; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 and showing another modilied form.

Before proceeding to a more detailed explanation of my invention it should be clearly understood that while the same" is articularly useful in connection with collars usually worn by men, women and chil-' then, it can also be advantageously applied to any other articles of apparel which are stiffened by starch or the like or which are fashioned from linen, celluloid, rubber, paper or other material and which are held in place by buttons inserted through buttonholes. Needless to say, the annoyance often occasioned in buttoning a collar is generally known. The ditlicultv isusually caused by the fact, that because of the stiffness of the collar it is extremely diliicult to insert the collar-button into the button-hole, and the process of stifi'ening, urthermore, often causes the edges of the button-holes to adhere to each other. i My invention is designed toavoid the difficulty of buttoning a collar, and permits the collar-button to be introduced intothe button-hole by a simple manipulation,

Referring more particularlyito the drawlugs, represents a collar having the collar tabs or ends 11 provided with buttonholes 12.

. It will be understood that my invention can be applied to any type of collar and that any form of button-hole which is elongated longitudinally of the band can be used therewith. The form of button-hole shown herewith, has at one end an enlargement 13 which receives and tends to hold the shank of. the collar-button. The button-holes are connected by slits or lines of severance l l through the material, with edges 15 of the collar tabs at points removed from the ends of the tabs. The terminals 16 and 17 of the slits are preferably rounded,

and the slits themselves may be at any de.

sired angle with the length of the butto1iholes. The latter, with the slits, form flaps 18 which may be displaced to permitthe.-

button to be easily introduced into the button-hole. Again, the collar-button can be inserted in the button-holes by forcing'it inwardly from the edge, along the slits, to the button-holes.

In Fig. i I have shown a collar 19 having button-hole 20 and'a slit 21 arranged at a collar 22 having a button-hole 23 and a slit difierent angle from the corresponding slitsi i l. In Fig l, furthermore, I have shown a- 24k which is different again, from the slit 21.

The slits 14 are inclined from their respec 'tivebutton-holes toward the free ends of the tabs. 'The 5116-25.: 18 nclined away from the free end of the, collar tab, While the slit 24; is directed at substantially right angles from the button-hole toward the edge of the tab. I prefer to have the slits join the button-holes at the ends of the button-holes remote from the free ends of the tabs, as obviously, the collar-button. normally rests,

- the hole for the button shank, when the flap or tab has been engaged with the button, and inserted under the turnover top, the tab end will be held securely. Furthermore, by having the hole for the button shank elongated longitudinally of the band, the end of the collar may be positioned correctly after the button shank reaches the hole and even after the tab end has been placed in position under the opposite end of the turnover top, the structure in this respect resembling in action a collar having the usual button hole and which, as -Well known, is adapted to be drawn up by the tie, if slightly large for the shirt band, or if it is desired, to have incense the ends of the turnover top, or in case of a standing collar, the vertical edges close together.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A collar having a band and overlappingend tabs with substantially straight button shank receiving holes therein, elongated longitudinally of the band, and a passage in one of said tabs, formed by a slit extending from the said button shank. receiving hole to the lower edge of the tab at a point removed from the end of the tab.

2; A collar having a band and overlapping end tabs with substantially straight button shank receiving holes therein elongated longitudinally of the band and a pas-' sage in one of said tabs formed by a slit extending from the inner end of the shank receiving hole to thelower edge of the tab at a. point removed from the end of the tab, said slit having closely contiguous substantially straight edges,

In testimony 'Whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SARAH HARRIS. Witnesses MAXWELL A. Harms, JOHN K. BRAGHVOGEL 

